When you do the math and examine how much energy is produced per atomic union, you find that fusing anything to iron’s twenty-six protons costs energy. That means post-ferric fusion* does an energy-hungry star no good. Iron is the final peal of a star’s natural life.
— Sam KeanWell we're waiting here in Allentown,For the Pennsylvania we never found,For the promises our teachers gave,If we worked hard,If we behaved...So the graduations hang on the wall,But they never really helped us at all,No they never taught us what was real,Iron and coke,And chromium steel,And we're waiting here in Allentown...But they've taken all the coal from the ground,And the union people crawled away...
— Billy JoelIt’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike; but those who fight with persuasion know no limits – not time, nor status, nor chance.
— A.J. DarkholmeThe world has grown too large for one army of the nation, my brother. You will ride where I tell you to ride, conquer where I tell you to conquer. The world is yours, if you can put aside the base part of you that tells you to rule it all. That you may not have. Now give me an answer and your oath. Your word is iron, brother, and I will take it. Or I can just kill you now.
— Conn IgguldenAs iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
— King SolomonAccursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!
— Maurice DruonThis fact is that the heaviest and more burdensome load ever is neither the cement bag nor the iron rod. It is hatred.
— Israelmore AyivorNot only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
— Oliver CromwellDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.
— William Butler YeatsNow comes the reign of iron — and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships.
— John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren